It's a disaster area. There were cars piled everywhere. I mean, it looked like a tornado had centered itself in this yard here.

They were on their roofs. They were flipped over. They were crushed.

This is not an easy business folks, ... Disaster management is not a matter of reading a guide book and then showing up in the middle of a small town that has just been blown off the map by tornadoes.

This is a very active disaster season for FEMA. The men and women of this organization are ready to respond anywhere and everywhere.

The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them.

I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster.